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Arts

Two big Latchis live events shifted to April

Friday, January 28, 2022 — Issue 648

BRATTLEBORO — Due to the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases, two big events at the Latchis Theatre have been postponed to April.

The 18th (Almost) Annual Collegiate A Capella Concert to benefit the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will be held on Saturday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, visit bit.ly/648-acapella or call 802-257-0124, ext. 101.

The Livingston Taylor concert will be Friday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. Taylor still plans to offer a master class as a fundraiser for Latchis Arts on Saturday, April 30. Details will be announced at a later date.

Tickets already purchased for Livingston Taylor will be honored on the new date. For other arrangements or to purchase tickets for the show on the new date, visit bit.ly/648-taylor.

Arts

Secrets and motives, tensions and suspicions

By
Annie Landenberger

WILLIAMSVILLE-The Rock River Players (RRP) seem to be making a name as producers of new...

‘One of the things that makes jazz really special is connectivity’

By
Eugene Uman

BRATTLEBORO-The Emerging Artist Festival (EAF) is one of the cornerstones of the Vermont Jazz Center's...

Tasha Tudor Society wins publication award

MARLBORO-The journal of the nonprofit Tasha Tudor Society won first place in the Newsletters &

Documentary focuses on anti-trans legal battles

BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont premiere of a new documentary, Heightened Scrutiny, will be held Saturday, Nov. 1,

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Time to pay up?

By
Joyce Marcel
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 — Issue 776

BRATTLEBORO-Recently, two storms in the span of three weeks brought torrential rains and flash flooding to Vermont that made it seem as if the Northeast Kingdom were washing away down to Brattleboro. Climate change is real, and it's happening in Vermont. Who is responsible, and who will pay to repair the damage? "The Legislature has given us the authority to basically present a bill to those fossil fuel companies that are determined to have fueled the climate crisis," State Treasurer...

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Voices

Prison educator’s firing comes as no surprise

By
Meg McCarthy
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 — Issue 790

MARLBORO-The death of Gary Partridge at Southern State Correctional Facility was due to the shameful, and even criminal, culture of neglect by the prison health care provider, Wellpath (which is now filing for bankruptcy), and by extension, the Vermont Department of Corrections. It is only one in a series of cases that we have read about in the press in recent years, along with endless stories of neglect and malpractice that incarcerated Vermonters have to endure. In the last legislative...

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Arts

Connections over the centuries of music

By
Victoria Chertok
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 — Issue 690

The Commons sat down recently with Tim Merton and Jennifer Morsches to discuss the Sarasa Ensemble's 24th concert season, the chamber music group's upcoming Beethoven and Brahms program [story, this issue], and their unique cellos. Here's an excerpt from their conversation: Victoria Chertok: Let's start with National Arts and Humanities Month. Why are the arts important, and what can we do to encourage students to participate and enjoy them fully? Tim Merton: For us especially, the arts are important because...

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